At age six, moved with family to Payson, Utah

Moved to Southern California as a teenager

Joined Walt Disney Productions upon high school graduation, working 18 months as an assistant animator before fulfilling his Mormon mission and going to college; served as an "inbetweener" to Disney animator John Lounsbery on "Sleeping Beauty" (released 1958)

Traveled to Argentina as Mormon missionary

Managed and directed theater with brother in Culver City, California

Joined Filmation Studios as layout artist; worked on Saturday morning cartoons

Formed and worked with young people's singing group, "The New Generation"

Returned to Disney

Joined at Disney by animator and future partner Gary Goldman, then fresh out of college

First feature film as animator, "Robin Hood", directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

Began pre-production work on "The Black Cauldron" (not released until 1985)

First feature film as animation director, "The Rescuers", co-directed by Lounsbery, Reitherman and others

Last animation asssignment at Disney, "The Fox and the Hound" (released in 1981)

Left Disney with Goldman and John Pomeroy, taking about a dozen other artists with them on his 41st birthday, September 13

Set up shop in Bluth's Culver City garage 18 miles away

First short film completed by Don Bluth Productions, "Banjo, the Woodpile Cat"; Bluth's debut as story and songwriter (also produced and directed)

Animated a cartoon sequence for the teen-oriented musical, "Xanadu"

"Banjo, the Woodpile Cat" aired on ABC-TV

Produced, wrote, and directed "The Secret of NIMH"; first feature by Don Bluth Productions

Hired by the San Diego-based Cinematronics to animate some interactive video arcade games

Produced the first interactive video arcade game, "Dragon's Lair"; featured a fully animated sword-and-sorcery narrative

Produced "Space Ace", a fully animated sci-fi narrative on interactive laser disc for video arcades

Don Bluth Productions went bankrupt

Met Morris Sullivan, a 72-year-old semi-retired mergers and acquisitions broker; Sullivan offered to become their "guardian angel"

Sullivan Bluth Studios inaugurated in Van Nuys, California

Relocated Sullivan Bluth Studios to Dublin, Ireland

First film as production designer and storyboard artist (also director, producer), "An American Tail"; first collaboration with executive producer Steven Spielberg

Made "The Land Before Time" for Amblin Entertainment and Universal

Dissatisfied with the financial arrangements on their previous collaborations with Amblin and loath to work again for Disney, Sullivan Bluth declined the opportunity to produce animation for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Became a full one quarter partner along with Sullivan, Goldman, and Pomeroy

Sullivan Bluth declared bankruptcy

Studio and its two completed features purchased by a partnership of John Boorman's Merlin Films and Media Assets, a Hong Kong company; distribution rights sold to Warners as a "first-look" option for any animation produced over the next five years

Rupert Murdoch purchased Star TV, the owner of Media Assets

Bluth's sixth feature, "Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina", released under Warner Bros. 'Family Entertainment' banner; first time sharing directorial credit with Goldman; previously Goldman had received credit as co-director

Signed a long-term production deal (with Gary Goldman) with 20th Century-Fox

Last project with Pomeroy, "The Pebble and the Penguin" (no director credited); Pomeroy would later work on the Disney movies "Pocahontas" (1995) and "The Tigger Movie" (2000)

Released first animated feature made for Fox, "Anastasia"

Made "Bartok the Magnificent", a straight-to video prequel to "Anastasia"

Attempted to win over a teenage audience with the animated science fiction feature "Titan A.E.", which boasted an over-the-edge rock-and-roll score underneath the action